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Kent Ervin
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Hiker, snowshoer, rabblerouser in Reno. Retired Chemistry Professor.
Saw #Odysseus today. Great movie, but it's an outrage that Nolan didn't cast Athena with an actual divine immortal being.
It's past time. www.plansponsor.com/the-landscap...
The Landscape Around CITs Has Changed. It’s Time for Workers in 403(b) Plans to Benefit. | PLANSPONSOR
Changes in plan design, coupled with regulatory improvements and market evolution, mean concerns about collective investment trusts should no longer keep them from 403(b) plans.
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The consequences of this lawsuit could be devastating to Nevada. If the judge sides with the #datacenter defendants, how much NV Energy could charge customers for data center energy use could be navigated in secret, through private arbitration—not at the PUCN.
This Is Reno@thisisreno.bsky.social · last wk.NV Energy filed a lawsuit Friday in Washoe County Second Judicial District Court seeking to block a private arbitration involving a large proposed data center development. MORE: thisisreno.com/2026/07/nv-e...
Time to revisit @aaup.org's 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure: Tenure benefits universities because it frees teaching and research of political interference and makes "the profession attractive to men and women of ability." It's a recruiting tool not a privilege.
1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure with 1970 Interpretive Comments
AAUP 1940 Statement of Principles on Academic Freedom and Tenure
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Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 2w agoUT Austin doubles down on denial of tenure to leading borderlands tech scholar: “In an emailed statement to Inside Higher Ed, a UT spokesperson said, ‘Tenure is privilege, not a right.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
OUT TODAY, the AAUP just released the first comprehensive account of how the Trump administration has taken the same playbook it's used on law firms & foreign governments & turned it on American universities. US higher ed has, in effect, become a target of a massive extortion racket. 🧵
New Report on Extorted Compliance Charges “Massive Extortion Racket” Against Higher Ed
A new AAUP report, "Extorted Compliance: A Threat to Institutional Autonomy, Academic Freedom, and Shared Governance," exposes how the Trump administration has extended its pay-to-play approach to gov...
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A reminder that UC _faculty_ and Faculty Associations — not the universities themselves nor their administrators — are waging this battle in court, demonstrating great bravery and moral clarity.
White House admits it used keywords to kill billions worth of California research grants
Federal agencies that terminated more than a thousand research grants at the University of California last year admitted that they used keywords related to diversity, gender, vaccine hesitancy and COV...
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Tenure exists to safeguard #academicfreedom, which is necessary for all who teach & conduct research in higher ed. When faculty members can lose positions because of their speech, publications, or research findings, they cannot properly fulfill their responsibilities to advance & transmit knowledge.
Texas Conference of the AAUP@texasaaup.bsky.social · 2w agoUT Austin doubles down on denial of tenure to leading borderlands tech scholar: “In an emailed statement to Inside Higher Ed, a UT spokesperson said, ‘Tenure is privilege, not a right.’” www.insidehighered.com/news/quick-t...
“A brand new accreditor, called the Commission for Public Higher Education, or CPHE, has been created by and for the Southern states. Effectively, the states have concocted a way in which they can oversee themselves.” Texas is among impacted southern states. ⬇️
Next in Florida's war on 'woke': Becoming its own higher ed watchdog
Accrediting agencies have long fought to keep politics out of higher education, but a new Florida-created accreditor could open the political floodgates.
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Last night at @aft.org convention, delegates unanimously passed our resolution urging AFT to focus more of its incredible organizing power on non-collective bargaining workplaces, such as ours in @aaup.org advocacy chapters. President @mtmiller.bsky.social spoke for it w/ whole 6741 crew! 🧵
The deadline for comment on this disastrous proposal for America’s scientific research infrastructure is TOMORROW!
AAUP Alabama@alabamaaaup.bsky.social · 4w agoThe proposed OMB rules changes will radically alter the future of research and federal funding. Make your voice heard through a public comment before Monday, July 13! Submit comments at: regulations.gov/commenton/OMB-2026-0034-0001 or join the UA AAUP Comment-a-Thon via Zoom Thursday 2:30-5.
Join us Monday @2PM to send a clear message to Congress: Protect our science infrastructure from partisan interference. Peer review, not politics, should guide scientific research. Slashing funding for science that does not conform to Trump’s ideological agenda will harm ALL Americans.
OMB Deadline Day Rally - The Fight is Just Beginning
OMB’s latest proposed rule, “Regulation for Federal Financial Assistance,” would place political ideologues over scientific experts in federal research funding decisions. Say goodbye to cancer treatme...
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NFA-UNR joins our national organization @aaup.org in asking all members to consider submitting public comment against proposed OMB rule changes that threaten academic freedom. Learn more here: fight2win.standupforscience.net?utm_source=B...
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Nevada PERS had strong investment performance again in FY2026, 12.5% versus the actuarial assumed rate of 7.25%. Many other factors go into contribution rates for the next biennium starting 7/1/2027, but this is good news.
⭐️⭐️ PRESS RELEASE: Today, the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) + its Texas affiliate, Texas AAUP-AFT, sued Texas Tech University System Chancellor Brandon Creighton and members of the Board of Regents over two system memoranda issued in the past eight months. 1/2
AAUP, Texas AAUP-AFT file lawsuit against Texas Tech System
Social: Bluesky @texasaaup.bsky.social
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AG Ford is putting forward a Workers First Agenda ✅ First point is supporting union workers ✅ Time to send him a bill that enshrines in law the right of faculty at the state’s public universities and colleges to collectively bargain!
Aaron D. Ford@aarondfordnv.bsky.social · last mo.Today, I’m officially rolling out my Workers First Agenda focused on building Nevada’s economy for the future. Together, we're going to create a better, more affordable Nevada for everyone. Go to fordfornevada.com to read the full plan.
Ervin & Lineberger didn't always get it right, but this one is gratifying. Overly conservative error bars, perhaps?
Sobering. At Nevada's two R1 doctoral universities, @unevadareno.bsky.social and @unlv.edu, nominal average salaries for all faculty ranks actual declined by 0.7% from 2024-25 to 2025-26. After inflation, salaries are down by over 4%. Falling behind again.
AAUP@aaup.org · 2mo agoToday, the AAUP released the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2025–26. It is sobering. Full-time faculty salaries are down about 0.4% in real, inflation-adjusted terms. Average full-time faculty salaries remain 9.5% below fall 2019 & about 5.8% below fall 2008. 1/
Today, the AAUP released the Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession, 2025–26. It is sobering. Full-time faculty salaries are down about 0.4% in real, inflation-adjusted terms. Average full-time faculty salaries remain 9.5% below fall 2019 & about 5.8% below fall 2008. 1/
Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession Now Available
This year's Annual Report on the Economic Status of the Profession finds that faculty salaries are still losing ground to inflation and expands data collection on part-time faculty pay.
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Sometimes folks toss around the idea of a 'faculty lounge' as shorthand for a disconnected elite. Here's the reality: there's no lounge and most college classes are taught by underpaid adjuncts and graduate students.
Congratulations to Maryland United Acadmics AAUP-AFT for their big win on collective bargaining rights for non-tenure-track faculty!
UAM-UMD@uam-umd.bsky.social · 2mo agoIT.IS.OFFICIAL. Our bill—giving 9K faculty across MD collective bargaining rights—was signed into law today! Huge thanks goes to @govwesmoore.bsky.social @senbillferg.bsky.social @mdhousedems.bsky.social @aaup.org @aft.org @aftmaryland.bsky.social @afthighered.bsky.social @local6741.bsky.social!
. . . to ensure faculty *and graduate assistant and all professional employee* collective bargaining rights are in statute . . .
NFA at UNR@nfaatunr.bsky.social · 2mo agoIf AG Ford is elected governor we look forward to sending him a bill to ensure faculty collective bargaining rights are in statute alongside our friends in AFSCME!
Congratulations to our union siblings in the administrative and clerical positions of Nevada state gov on their decision to form a union with AFSCME 4041 in Nevada today! They’ll be working on a collective bargaining agreement…and we hope to follow their lead soon! UNR is a unionizing campus!
Good morning Bluesky from the independent voice of the faculty at the University of Nevada, Reno! We’re organizing to defend higher education, academic freedom, and an accessible university that empowers students and faculty. The Wolf Pack works because we do!
Faculty at Pennsylvania State University voted to unionize by a 75% margin. The unit has both tenure and non-tenure system faculty. Campaign is affiliated with SEIU radio.wpsu.org/2026-05-14/p...
Penn State faculty vote 'yes' on unionizing
Penn State faculty voted overwhelmingly in favor of unionizing, in a closely watched decision that could have sweeping implications across the university.
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The Senate Banking Committee is considering the CLARITY Act, a bill that would open workers’ retirement accounts to volatile cryptocurrency, jeopardizing millions of workers’ retirement security. The Senate must stand with workers and reject this bill.
Crypto legislation faces another hurdle: Labor unions
Major labor groups ask senators in a letter obtained first by CNBC to oppose a crypto bill over concerns retirement accounts could be harmed.
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